U.S. court rejects Arizona curbs on day laborers

By   /  March 5, 2013  /  Around the Web  /  No Comments

By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services
PHOENIX – A part of Arizona’s 2010 immigration law aimed at day laborers and employers who hire them is unconstitutional and unenforceable, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the state’s argument that it can make it a crime for someone looking for work [...]

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Texas’ busier border patrol

By   /  February 27, 2013  /  Around the Web  /  No Comments

By Ana Campoy | The Wall Street Journal
The U.S. Border Patrol in South Texas is picking up a growing number of undocumented immigrants from Central America, overwhelming consulates that deal with deportations and provide assistance to their countrymen.
In the Rio Grande Valley sector, which stretches from the tip of Texas to southwest of Houston, the [...]

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Pro-immigration stance doesn’t help GOP candidates win

By   /  February 27, 2013  /  Virginia Watchblog, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

DON'T PANDER: Professor George Hawley finds that Republicans hurt themselves with amnesty programs.

FREDERICKSBURG – A new study suggests that pro-immigration Republicans are not garnering the support of Hispanic voters, and that amnesty programs backfire on GOP moderates at the polls.
George Hawley, a political science professor at the University of Houston, found:

Latinos living in congressional districts with pro-immigration Republican incumbents were no more likely to support the [...]

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Virginia Week in Review: School grading system advances, McDonnell backs off I-95 tolls

By   /  February 1, 2013  /  Education, Featured, Immigration, News, public sector, Transparency, transportation, Virginia  /  No Comments

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By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – State lawmakers hit the books during national School Choice Week, voting on several education-reform bills, with mixed results.
School-grading system heads to House floor
The House Education Committee moved House Bill 1999, part of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s “All-Students” education reform package, to the House floor on a 14-7 [...]

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VA: County fights feds for criminal-alien records

By   /  December 27, 2012  /  Featured, Immigration, News, Open Records, Virginia  /  2 Comments

SPOT THE FAKE: A Prince William County police officer examines a fake Social Security card during a 2008 training session. (AP file photo)

 
By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
MANASSAS — The Obama administration is giving illegal aliens a Happy New Year by canceling an immigration-enforcement program in Prince William County.
Since 2007, police in the Northern Virginia county have turned over 5,500 criminal aliens to the Department of Homeland Security through a local-federal venture called the 287(g) enforcement program.
“The [...]

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